St.
Andrew's Day

Saint Andrew is the Patron
Saint of Scotland, and St. Andrew's Day is celebrated by Scots around the world
on the 30th November. He is thought to have been the younger brother of
Simon Peter i.e. Saint Peter and both men became apostles of Jesus Christ.

Although not much more is
known about St. Andrew, it is thought that he was crucified by the Romans on a
saltire, a diagonal cross, the
shape of which being the basis for the Cross of St. Andrew which appears on
the Scottish Flag.

As legend would have it, a
Greek Monk called St. Rule had a dream telling of the removal of St.
Andrew's remains to Constantinople by Constantine The Great, and was
instructed by an angel to find them and take as much of them as he could to the
"ends of the earth" for safe-keeping.

St.
Rule took various body parts from St. Andrew's tomb and followed the
instructions he had been given in his dream. However, on his journey he was
shipwrecked off the east coast of Scotland. The
relics were housed for a while in the Cathedral of St. Andrews in 1160, however
they are now lost, probably destroyed during the Scottish Reformation.

Celebrate St. Andrew's day
with one of our mouth-watering traditional Scottish recipes below. Also see the
main
Scotland Cooking by Country page for more recipes.